Mbalula’s ‘bias’ troubles taxi body: The ‘favoured’ South African National Taxi Council has apparently lost members to its rival
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s influence in the taxi industry is being eroded amid claims that the South African National Taxi Council is shedding members to the rival National Taxi Alliance .
For their part, Santaco office-bearers are anxious about the minister’s failure to implement resolutions of the 2020 National Taxi Lekgotla at which the department gave a commitment to “an implementation process guided by a joint industry/government working group”. “Whoever replaces the minister must know that government has made a commitment and there is a path it has in the form of the National Taxi Lekgotla resolutions. We want to start exactly there,” said Molelekwa.
Representatives of the two regions claimed that the process followed for the national elections was in breach of the Santaco constitution because it was based on collective nominations, rather than on one person, one vote, as provided for by the organisation’s constitution. Molelekwa said he knew nothing about slates or bribery but as a respected and seasoned politician with many years of experience in the industry, Jotham Msibi’s contribution is invaluable.
A taxi operator from the Greater Johannesburg region, who is behind the litigation, said the purpose of the action was to force the collapse of the current leadership and ensure that new elections were held based on a secret ballot. But the deep rift in the industry is clearly worrying the government. After the court case, a chief director in the transport department, Collen Msibi, is reported to have approached leading taxi operators from the Greater Johannesburg and Sedibeng regions, saying his superiors had asked him to facilitate a meeting between them and Jotham Msibi for the sake of peace and unity.
“The problem with the two [dissatisfied] regions is that they have not exhausted internal avenues. Until all avenues have been exhausted, the national executive committee cannot intervene,” he said.
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